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wilmington gazette published wikki.v by a hall <-/ s w clark tuesday april i r i :. threb dolls per ass i â– -. /.. yin so documents accompanying tin report of thi committee ap pointed to enquire into the official conduct ,â€¢/ samuel cil s : ss 1 rich i rb j'e 1 ers continued interrogatories exhibited on the part of the house ol representatives to george read esq united states attorney for the district of delaware and robert hamilton esq late marshal of the said district in the matter depending before the committee ot the house of representatives instituted to enquire into the official conduct of samuel chase and richard peters esqr's or ei ther of them l were you present at a circuit court of the united states holden at new-castle in the month of july 17 ig uv 1800 in and for the district ol delaware before samuel chase one of the judges of the supreme court ol'tlil unite i state for delaware 3 were you present when the grand jury after having received a charge from the said samuel chase n tired to their room and al owhen th y returned tothebarofthe court s y the said < rand jury through their forei in upon beii asked by the clcik of the said court whether the had an bills of in rlicl nent i v pre entments to deliver to the said i nirl an iwer that they hud not i l did the said s muel chase then and there in yout hearing observe to the said grand jury that he had understood that there w:is a great deal of sedition in that state that there was a very seditious prin ter who resided i.'t'n town of wilmington nnd whose name wns â€” nt checking hun si-'n ba'n â€” perhaps it might be going too far to mention his name - or words to that ci li.c-t â€” or what other words did he use on that subject ? j did ihe said samuel chase then nnd there further observe that he would not enn ivn to discharge th â€¢ grand jury on that day allh ugh s>li<ii'ii tjvsevu.al so lo t'oi ml did he direct â– 'â– m to attend on the next day for the purpose of examining a ii - ol the papers published i y the baid printer ' (â– >. did he also order the said di itrict attor ney to procure n i'd â– of the baid papers to l>e laid b fore the said grand jury and were they pn i ur 1 by him and laid before them ? 7 did the said grand jury on the next d i return into court after having exam 1 ned a file of ' â– iid | pet i with ml any bill (â– :" presentm ml and were they then discharged by i he â– ourt i h 1 1 i . i know an thin ; further rela ii u to i he e n i i i of h . said s tmuh ch ise or do you recollect any conver ation on the same ! i v ii ii â– â€¢â€¢â€¢.'; 1 ice in i ;> n court betwe nihe lanwel chase and tin baid iid jury or the said district attorney or i , heruf i hem ! lule the same fully and b largi â– as if jrou were thereunto particularly interroga ted ! 10 did the said samuel chase at an â– time express his surprise utthe ci iducl i i the said grand ju . id obi ervi th ii whi i in th â– federal state ol d i iw re he c dd not ; â– â– a seditious printer i idicted in ' irgini i im could not onh â– tl m incli 1 bu con vii ; . i p an ih id or v rds to that ef fect i ] hn i vndolph c an j the i i â– â€¢' < . â– . â– â– â– read nttorn y of the i'ni a i;i it i rnerica in md i r thu d la â– re d â– i dii in the ti n n of new istu ; . â€¢ , â– iid d'utri t â– .â€¢â€¢!.'â– ;' year i and up â– , , . â– . â– ., i â– ., ! i .'.|, bwurn and exami n d on the u â– 1 in rrngatories exhi bii ' f the ii me ol reprc itive of tl d i ites in the :,â€¢â– â– .â– â– i'm ' : i re ih om tec ol i : â– â– â€¢ ' . iii insti i ; " i . â– h â€¢ o i induct of s imu i â– r l',s f's t or ilher ol â– pu ' â– ; i j to a co nmission fort i in that b shalf difucti d to miah tiltnn an<l vi ib.alil \\ uan c i of i i ! county ol 'â– w â€¢ ' iÂ»l le < â– nil's â– ; i ii or either of linmni before the mid id al and jr one of ihi i i oin i i ion it's lepo â– â– â– ! h d i foil iwcth i ' . to th â– firsl ini â– t i : itoi y ihis ill p ner.t v . â– ' .â€¢ he was pvcseiit in th : chu n ter oi the district attorney of the united states of america in end lor the delaware district at a circuit court of the said united stales holdcn it new-castle on the 7ihand 28th of june 1800 in nnd for the said district by and before samuel chase one of the judgi b ol'tlu supreme court of the iuicl united states and gunning bedford district judge of the united stales aforesaid for he said district 2 to the second interrogatory this dt po nent saith that he wai present in court on the first day of the said court mentioned in this deponent's answer to the first intenogo lory when the grand jury then nnd there at tending after having received a charge from the said samuel chase us presiding judge retired to their room and also when they re turrled to ihe bar of the said couii 3 to the third interrogatory this depo nent saith thai the grand jury through their foreman upon being asked by the clerk the question stated in the third interrogatory did answer that they had found no mils of in dictment nor h:n any presentments to make 4 to the fourth intetrogatory this depo nent saith that ihe i 1 samuel l hase diet on receiving the answer from the grand jury mentioned in this deponent's answer to the " third interrogatory observe to that body in his hearings that he hud been inform ed or heard a highly seditious temper or disponition had manifested iti-ci in ihe stale il n laware among a certain class r,i people partlculai ly in mew-castle county and n ore especially in the townol wilmin t n where lived a most seditious printer unrc straini d by any principle of virtue and regardless oj so cial order â€” " that the name of this printer was â€” here the learned judge paused fora moment and then observed â€” " perhaps it might be assuming too much lo mention the name of this person but it becomes i special dut \ , and \ ou must enquire diligeui ly into this mattev that although this de ponent will not undertake to bay that every word as here set forth is precisely what the honourable judee expressed ; yet he is per fectly convinced that the lnnp ' js till t!>f most part what was used b the said judge and the ideas conveyed by him at the time precisely vthat thecoiilexi import 5 to the fifth interrogatory this deponent snith that several members ol the grand jury on the behalf of themselves and their brethren did as soon as the said judge had closed the obsen ations detaili il in the nnsw r to the fourth interrogatory then and thtre earnestly request the court lo ismis them from further attendance on that duty men tinning to the court as a reason for the re quest that they were generally farmers and it being the season 1 harvest their personal attention whs most requisite on their iarm ; to which the judge replied " that he busi ne b to which he had called their attention was of a most urgent and pressing nature and must be attended to that he could not therefore discharge them until the ensuing i;iv when further information should be communicated to them on the subject he had referred to â€” or words to that effect â€” but thisdepontnl did in at ihe time hear the judge laj that his detuining the grand jurj \. , for the purpose of examining a file of p pet's published by the said printer â€¢;. to the ixth interrogati rj this deponent th,thal immediately after the conversation mentioned in the answerto the fifth interro gatory had been terminated the said samuel ch si addressed himself to this de pi t who then also was the district attor ne for the s;iid district and usked him whe herl shadanj criminal charge to prefer lo the grand jury to which this i . ment re plied tint no intlicttiblc offi ncc had i ome t his knowli dge and he had no reason to be lie . â€¢â– i hat any busini â€¢â– â€¢ ol uch sort < uuld o - i ii r us would require the attendance ol i ju ry during the term â€” but certainly sir ob nerved judgi chase you might by pursuing proper researches make some disci vt nes â€” have you no persons in ihi i del m.iu \ st ite who have m ide it a uniform practice to i ,. | the administration of the government ol the united states ; 1 ha -â– i e n told sir continued i 1 u chase and the g ni ral â– ir , ilation ol the reportioduces met l>elieveit i , thai i ; ii â– â– â– i â€¢ a printer in v ilmin ' n who publishes a most icandalous and seditious paper bul it will not do to mention na have you not two printers in that town i i o which this deponent answered in the nv firtuutive judge ( base fui therobsei vi d that it so ami cm of them il report docs not much belie him i a seditious printer and must be i iki ii notii e of s i consider il a part ofmy duty and it shall or must be noticed and it is your duty mr ttorney to examine minutel ni unremittingly into nilidis of this nature the limes sir require i al this bediliuus spirit whii h pervades too m my of our pre&bis should be discouraged and re 1 rei sed can you i ot pn cure m n e ol his printei'a ps.pers between this time and to morrow niorning ; i.d ly strictlyy exami ning them find oul whether he l.ts b n guilty ol libelling the government of the u nitcd states or eon e ol the i hi i rs thereof j'his i say i sir must be done i think it's four duly i hat this deponent not appro fingol the manner in \\ hkh tl s htibjtti was pressed upon him t lien staled lo the judge ii subslcnce that he was well acquainted tilh the duties ol his < i ive tuid would cer ttinlj perform them but that he dad never l.i'.i in the practice of hunting out oll'ences ; lhat he hud not in his pi bessi n the papers niluded to by the honourable judge nor hud he read idem ; if however this deponent ihoiild be furnished with them he would make the examination and communicate vith the grand jury on the subject judge ( hase then bp.id he was salibiied and turn ing to the grand jury observed that they ii i id ni i be discharged and however incon venient it may be they must attend on the btibsequenl i a , at the usual hour judge chase then directed that a file of the said pap rs bhotild be procured and i id before tl is deponent the newspaper the files ol whii h were leferred to was then understood to be thai w hi i was billed '' mirror ol t.^e times and cieneral advertiser ;" but the deponent dots not recollect thut this title of the paper was al the lime mentioned by judge clu.se ; and this deponent furtherbaith that a file ot the % i 1 newspapers was procured by some petsi n in the afternoon of that day f after the adjournment uf ilic uouri aii<l delivered 10 him lhat after cxaming the file of i'..)>ci fop come time he discovered no libellous mall r or any publication coming within the provisions ol the sedition law â€” thai this de p mi nt i onfoi mably to the directions of the |. ! e sent on the next morning the said file t/f papers to the grand jury then assembled hi t heir room 7 to the seventh interrogatory this depo ac 1 1 ' saith that he said grand jury did after examining the said file ol papers return in to the said court then convened and in n hwer to the usual questions put by the clerk said through their foreman that they had not agreed on any hills nor had they any pre sentments to make s to the hth interrogatory this deponent saith that soon after the said court had con vened on the morning of the second day oi the said term this deponent at the request ol the grand jury attended in their room i when the foreman of the jury directing the attention of this deponent to a certain para graph in a publication contained in one of the raid papers dated the 2lst of june i boo and republished from the " auroi a i a true top whereof is contained in schedule a annexed lo these answers and to which the deponent refers reflectingin very itroi and pointed language on fonn r < i ndm i < t judge chase ; observed there is a di fieri i ce i â– , ( j inion among the members oi this bodj , v.iili re nrd to the nature oi that paragraph whether libellous or not and although it were a libel whether it would be proper for the grand jury to present it as such lo the .. cull courl to which this deponent an sweretlâ€”-thai he had adverted to the para ph the preceding day and further ol er ved it would nol be necessary for him lo fp'ivi an opinion to thejury whether it were h i us >><â– not forthat in whatsoever li hi i nii ht be considered the said court could take no cognizance of the matter of it as ii was not within the provisions of the bedition 1 â– â– . that law not embracing cases of libellous publii ittions against the judges of the courts of the united stales and so not being ci p 1,1 ble as an offence by those courts by v'utueofany acts ofcongres the said cir cuit court could not take cognizance of it as an offence at common law ; judge chni himsell having decided in the circuit court f'.ii the district of pennsylvania tlial th courts nf the united states could not like ( i â– . net l offein â– s t common law ; in the c.im i i the i nited ! u;u 1 mcri a ii gainst worrel 2d dallas's reports .'â– -, with which the grand jury declaring them selves satisfied this deponem left lluni and relumed into court and the said !';!(â– oi pa pers being boon after sent and laid on the table within the bar of i'.c court judge chase observing ii asked ii i . deponent what had been done and whether he or the rand jury had discovered anj seditious pub lications to which the deponent answered none of the character which f lie said court could take cognizance of unless ihe taicl paragraph which this deponent then sub mitted to the inspection of judge chose were of thattmtivre ; and after he h;.c retrd it tins deponent repeated i the s id court the ban <-â€¢ observations herein before stated to have been made by him to the grand jury on the subject with which the said court acquies cing the business was | aseed ovc r with n i ch apparent pood humour en the part of judge chase and the grand jury 1 soon after re turning to"the bar were discharged hy ihe emit without finding ai.y bills or making cny pus ntments 9 to the ninth interrogatory tliis depo nerit saith it containing only matter of rc fi rrence to the tvli interrogatory is already answered by the answer to that interroga tory i 1 . to tl e tenth interrogatory tins depo nent suith that he h not remember to have heard judge chase at anytime m.iki use il any < xpressioi > <-! the nature alluded to hi this interrogatory (.. read the preceding anwswers to the interro gatorich annexed were duly take-n swom to and subticrihed by george read the depo nent on the 31st day of january in the year l our i oid one thousand eight hundred and four } before archibald alf.x ander sohc-ihiu a rpfwratl tn in c <!,'â– . : . swer to the ih interr gatory kxtract from the newspaper stiledthe mirror see â– printed at wil mington of the date of june 21 16 10 <( for this time we shall dismiss mr pick ciinc because we have about forty other friends of regular government to bring in re view and to account lor themselves before the public whom they have so long disgrace fully flattered while they betrayed " jmli^i chase has laid down a doctrine which must cover liini with in(y>ni , as dura ble as the history of the man and the trans action ; he held up he doctrine that puhlic records were not to be brought forward in a court of justice though they mere alledged to contain truths which would benefit the country expose the hostility of persona otlie government or prevent abuses if this judge's doctrine were to he tolerated he ser vants of the people might forever hide tic enormous abuses we are therefore deter mine d to face the doctrine of this arbitrary judge and to stand upon the ground ol j\is tice and the decision of the people who have the power of depriving these men ol power vi i have abused or proved incompetent to tin discharge of their trust ' we hope the day is not far off when judge chase will he impeached for this ando ther arbitrary acts o hi interrogatories exhibited on ihe part ofthe 1 ousc ol representatives ol the i states to william s biddle touching thcoricial conduct of samuel chase and richard peicrs r.squires or either of them l wen vim present at tin second trial of i i in fries lor treason before the < ircuit court i.i pennsylvania at the spring term of the year 1800 ? ". have you a correct copy of ihe opinion of the court delivered in writing to the conn mi liir the prisoner at that trial â€¢' >. how came it in your possession â– ;. are you confident that the copy which you now produce is exactly correspondent with the oiu inal ' john il kndolph 77 mat leiper moklon dit on t te bt concluded u ui n^xt

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wilmington gazette published wikki.v by a hall li. did he also order the said di itrict attor ney to procure n i'd â– of the baid papers to l>e laid b fore the said grand jury and were they pn i ur 1 by him and laid before them ? 7 did the said grand jury on the next d i return into court after having exam 1 ned a file of ' â– iid | pet i with ml any bill (â– :" presentm ml and were they then discharged by i he â– ourt i h 1 1 i . i know an thin ; further rela ii u to i he e n i i i of h . said s tmuh ch ise or do you recollect any conver ation on the same ! i v ii ii â– â€¢â€¢â€¢.'; 1 ice in i ;> n court betwe nihe lanwel chase and tin baid iid jury or the said district attorney or i , heruf i hem ! lule the same fully and b largi â– as if jrou were thereunto particularly interroga ted ! 10 did the said samuel chase at an â– time express his surprise utthe ci iducl i i the said grand ju . id obi ervi th ii whi i in th â– federal state ol d i iw re he c dd not ; â– â– a seditious printer i idicted in ' irgini i im could not onh â– tl m incli 1 bu con vii ; . i p an ih id or v rds to that ef fect i ] hn i vndolph c an j the i i â– â€¢' < . â– . â– â– â– read nttorn y of the i'ni a i;i it i rnerica in md i r thu d la â– re d â– i dii in the ti n n of new istu ; . â€¢ , â– iid d'utri t â– .â€¢â€¢!.'â– ;' year i and up â– , , . â– . â– ., i â– ., ! i .'.|, bwurn and exami n d on the u â– 1 in rrngatories exhi bii ' f the ii me ol reprc itive of tl d i ites in the :,â€¢â– â– .â– â– i'm ' : i re ih om tec ol i : â– â– â€¢ ' . iii insti i ; " i . â– h â€¢ o i induct of s imu i â– r l',s f's t or ilher ol â– pu ' â– ; i j to a co nmission fort i in that b shalf difucti d to miah tiltnn anf most part what was used b the said judge and the ideas conveyed by him at the time precisely vthat thecoiilexi import 5 to the fifth interrogatory this deponent snith that several members ol the grand jury on the behalf of themselves and their brethren did as soon as the said judge had closed the obsen ations detaili il in the nnsw r to the fourth interrogatory then and thtre earnestly request the court lo ismis them from further attendance on that duty men tinning to the court as a reason for the re quest that they were generally farmers and it being the season 1 harvest their personal attention whs most requisite on their iarm ; to which the judge replied " that he busi ne b to which he had called their attention was of a most urgent and pressing nature and must be attended to that he could not therefore discharge them until the ensuing i;iv when further information should be communicated to them on the subject he had referred to â€” or words to that effect â€” but thisdepontnl did in at ihe time hear the judge laj that his detuining the grand jurj \. , for the purpose of examining a file of p pet's published by the said printer â€¢;. to the ixth interrogati rj this deponent th,thal immediately after the conversation mentioned in the answerto the fifth interro gatory had been terminated the said samuel ch si addressed himself to this de pi t who then also was the district attor ne for the s;iid district and usked him whe herl shadanj criminal charge to prefer lo the grand jury to which this i . ment re plied tint no intlicttiblc offi ncc had i ome t his knowli dge and he had no reason to be lie . â€¢â– i hat any busini â€¢â– â€¢ ol uch sort < uuld o - i ii r us would require the attendance ol i ju ry during the term â€” but certainly sir ob nerved judgi chase you might by pursuing proper researches make some disci vt nes â€” have you no persons in ihi i del m.iu \ st ite who have m ide it a uniform practice to i ,. | the administration of the government ol the united states ; 1 ha -â– i e n told sir continued i 1 u chase and the g ni ral â– ir , ilation ol the reportioduces met l>elieveit i , thai i ; ii â– â– â– i â€¢ a printer in v ilmin ' n who publishes a most icandalous and seditious paper bul it will not do to mention na have you not two printers in that town i i o which this deponent answered in the nv firtuutive judge ( base fui therobsei vi d that it so ami cm of them il report docs not much belie him i a seditious printer and must be i iki ii notii e of s i consider il a part ofmy duty and it shall or must be noticed and it is your duty mr ttorney to examine minutel ni unremittingly into nilidis of this nature the limes sir require i al this bediliuus spirit whii h pervades too m my of our pre&bis should be discouraged and re 1 rei sed can you i ot pn cure m n e ol his printei'a ps.pers between this time and to morrow niorning ; i.d ly strictlyy exami ning them find oul whether he l.ts b n guilty ol libelling the government of the u nitcd states or eon e ol the i hi i rs thereof j'his i say i sir must be done i think it's four duly i hat this deponent not appro fingol the manner in \\ hkh tl s htibjtti was pressed upon him t lien staled lo the judge ii subslcnce that he was well acquainted tilh the duties ol his < i ive tuid would cer ttinlj perform them but that he dad never l.i'.i in the practice of hunting out oll'ences ; lhat he hud not in his pi bessi n the papers niluded to by the honourable judge nor hud he read idem ; if however this deponent ihoiild be furnished with them he would make the examination and communicate vith the grand jury on the subject judge ( hase then bp.id he was salibiied and turn ing to the grand jury observed that they ii i id ni i be discharged and however incon venient it may be they must attend on the btibsequenl i a , at the usual hour judge chase then directed that a file of the said pap rs bhotild be procured and i id before tl is deponent the newspaper the files ol whii h were leferred to was then understood to be thai w hi i was billed '' mirror ol t.^e times and cieneral advertiser ;" but the deponent dots not recollect thut this title of the paper was al the lime mentioned by judge clu.se ; and this deponent furtherbaith that a file ot the % i 1 newspapers was procured by some petsi n in the afternoon of that day f after the adjournment uf ilic uouri aiici fop come time he discovered no libellous mall r or any publication coming within the provisions ol the sedition law â€” thai this de p mi nt i onfoi mably to the directions of the |. ! e sent on the next morning the said file t/f papers to the grand jury then assembled hi t heir room 7 to the seventh interrogatory this depo ac 1 1 ' saith that he said grand jury did after examining the said file ol papers return in to the said court then convened and in n hwer to the usual questions put by the clerk said through their foreman that they had not agreed on any hills nor had they any pre sentments to make s to the hth interrogatory this deponent saith that soon after the said court had con vened on the morning of the second day oi the said term this deponent at the request ol the grand jury attended in their room i when the foreman of the jury directing the attention of this deponent to a certain para graph in a publication contained in one of the raid papers dated the 2lst of june i boo and republished from the " auroi a i a true top whereof is contained in schedule a annexed lo these answers and to which the deponent refers reflectingin very itroi and pointed language on fonn r < i ndm i < t judge chase ; observed there is a di fieri i ce i â– , ( j inion among the members oi this bodj , v.iili re nrd to the nature oi that paragraph whether libellous or not and although it were a libel whether it would be proper for the grand jury to present it as such lo the .. cull courl to which this deponent an sweretlâ€”-thai he had adverted to the para ph the preceding day and further ol er ved it would nol be necessary for him lo fp'ivi an opinion to thejury whether it were h i us >> ni , as dura ble as the history of the man and the trans action ; he held up he doctrine that puhlic records were not to be brought forward in a court of justice though they mere alledged to contain truths which would benefit the country expose the hostility of persona otlie government or prevent abuses if this judge's doctrine were to he tolerated he ser vants of the people might forever hide tic enormous abuses we are therefore deter mine d to face the doctrine of this arbitrary judge and to stand upon the ground ol j\is tice and the decision of the people who have the power of depriving these men ol power vi i have abused or proved incompetent to tin discharge of their trust ' we hope the day is not far off when judge chase will he impeached for this ando ther arbitrary acts o hi interrogatories exhibited on ihe part ofthe 1 ousc ol representatives ol the i states to william s biddle touching thcoricial conduct of samuel chase and richard peicrs r.squires or either of them l wen vim present at tin second trial of i i in fries lor treason before the < ircuit court i.i pennsylvania at the spring term of the year 1800 ? ". have you a correct copy of ihe opinion of the court delivered in writing to the conn mi liir the prisoner at that trial â€¢' >. how came it in your possession â– ;. are you confident that the copy which you now produce is exactly correspondent with the oiu inal ' john il kndolph 77 mat leiper moklon dit on t te bt concluded u ui n^xt